Fare-register.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

C. E. GIERDING.

FAR-E REGISTER.

APPLIGATION rum) MAY 19. 1904. RENEWED MAR.8,1905.

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C. E. GIERDING.

FARE REGISTER.

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No. 800,565. PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

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FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. 1904. RENEWED MAB. 8, 1905.

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FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION mum my 19. 1904. RENEWED ma. 9, 1905.

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PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

C E. GIERDING.

FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION 11,111) MAY19.1904. RENEWED MAB. a, 1905.

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lhl l UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

CHARLES E. eIERmNe, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO STER-LINGr-MEAKER COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

FARE-REGISTER.

No. 800,565. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 26, 1905;

Application filed May 19, 1904. Renewed March 8, 1905. Serial No.249,123.

tion. Fig. 27 represents the same view with T all ll/7mm 7375 y 007mg?and 4: are face and edge views of its hanging 5 5 Be it known that 1,CHARLES E. GIERDING, board or back, showing the primary actuating acitizen of the United States of America, and mechanism. Fig. 5 is a faceview of the rega resident of Newark, in the State of New ister-workswith the casing and outer dial- 5 Jersey, have invented a new and usefullmplate removed, this and succeeding views beprovementin F areRegisters, of which the foling drawn to a larger scale as compared with60 lowing is a specification. Figs. 1 to 4. Figs. 6 and 7 arefragmentary This invention relates to that subclass of face viewsillustrating the Operation of the duplex fare-registers in which thetrip-regisfull-stroke device. Figs. 8 and 9 are Views 10 ter andpermanent register are formed in comof the works from the lower edge,showing men by rotary cylinders or wheels with numthe edge frame of thecasing in section and 5 bered peripheries, hereinafter termed nuinelevation, respectively, and illustrating, meral- \vheels, arranged intwo horizontal respectively, the registering operation and series, oneabove the other. In addition to the resetting operation by the positionsof means for simultaneously actuating the two the movable parts. Fig. 10is a side view sets of numeral-wheels for the registration of of theresetting-knob detached. Fig. 11 rep- 7 each fare the improved registeris provided resents a section on the line A B, Fig. 8, withactuation-indicators which conceal the with the edge frame of the casingbroken new numbers on the units-wheels of the tripaway to expose theactuating-slide and with register and permanent register until such theparts in position for the registering opwheels are moved perfectly intoposition, a eration. Fig. 12 is a fragmentary section on 75trip-indicator showing the direction of travel the line C D, Fig. 11.Fig. 13 is a fragmenand reversed in the act of resetting the triptarysection on the line E F, Fig. 11. Fig. register, and a not-set signal orindicator 14 is a fragmentary face view illustrating the simultaneouslyactuated for concealing the in-' locking of the main slide during theresetting dieations of the trip-register during the resetoperation.Figs. 15 and 16 are edge views of 80 ting operation and callingattention to any at the works from its right-hand side with the tempt toleave the same partially reset. working parts in their position of restin Fig.

The present invention consists in novel com- 15 and as they appearduring a registering binations of parts hereinafter claimed forperstroke in Fig. 16, with parts removed and forming the severalfunctions of theimproved broken away in both figures. Fig. 17 is a 85register above stated with the least possible back view of thepawl-carrier omitted in Fig. complication and with reference to theavoid- 16. Figs. 18 and 19 are views of the respecance of small anddelicate parts and the retive ends of a bridge-piece omitted in Figs.

duction of springs and the like -to the least 15 and 16. Figs. 20 and 21are edge views of possible number. the works from the left-hand side ofthe reg- 9o Theimproved register isprimarilydesigned ister, showing thebell mechanism and the and adapted to be made with numeral-wheelstrip-indicator devices with the moving parts of one and the same size,exposing to view in different positions in the respective figures.

large numerals which can be easily read at a Fig. 22 is a fragmentarysection on the line distance and utilizing to the utmost the cu- Ur H,Fig. 11, showing the not-set indicator 95 bical capacity of a square orrectangular casin its effective position. Fig. 23 is a back ing. Some ofthe features of the invention view of the bell-hammer hub in theposition may, however, be embodied in registers of in which it isrepresented in Fig. 20. Fi

other shapes and with greater or less numer- 24: is a view of thecrank-wheel of the trip-inical capacity, that of the improved registerdicator detached. Fig. 25 represents a secloo hereinafter particularlydescribed being tion on the line I J, Fig. 11, looking inwardninety-nine thousand ninehundred and ninetywith the parts as they appearat the end of a nine for the permanent register and ninehunregistering-pull. Fig. 26 represents a sec- 5 dred and ninety-ninefor the trip-register. tion on the line K L, Fig. 11, looking in theSeven sheets of drawings accompany this opposite direction as comparedwith Fig. 25 I0 5 specification as part thereof. "2 and showing theparts of the zero-stop device Figures 1 and 2 are respectiiiely frontand as they appear during the registering operaside views of theimproved register. Figs. 3

the parts as they appear at the end of a resetting operation. Fig. 28 isa side view of one of the parts shown in Figs. 25, 26, and 27; and Fig.29 is a fragmentary section on the line M N, Fig. 27.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

The register-casing is composed of a back plate (a, exposed in Fig. 5,and an edge frame 6, immediately adjoining said back plate, ofcast-iron, and afront edge portion 0, of sheet metal, and is preferablyand conveniently of a substantially rectangular shape, as indicated inFigs. 1 and 2, where its exterior is shown. A metallic hanging board orback (Z is fixedly attached to the end wall within a street-car, forexample, and the back plate a of the register-casing is attached theretoby a rigid central horn 1 at the top of the hanging-back interlockingwith a staple 2 at the top of the back plate and by a central catch-lug3 at the bottom of the hanging-back provided with a spring-projectedcatch-hook 1 and a lip 5 at the lower edge of the back plate of thecasing interlocking with said hook. A staple c on the face of said lug 3is adapted to receive the customary transverse locking-bolt (not shown)beneath said catch-hook 1. Large-sized numerals 1 to O on thenumeral-wheelsf' f f" f and g 7 of a permanent register and atrip-register, respectively, appear through parallel horizontal windowsIt and win the front of the casing, as in Fig. 1, as do alsoactuation-indicators j and Z1, exposed in Fig. 5, which conceal the newnumbers on the units-wheels while they are being moved into position, areversible trip indieator 1 showing, preferably, alternate directions oftravel, and a not-set indicator m, (exposed in Fig. 5,) which concealsthe indications of the trip-register numeral-wheels during eachresetting operation. Said windows A and r: are conveniently formed byone and the same sheet 6 of glass at the front of the registereasing,with a dialplate 7 and a dial-frame 8 respectively provided with the twowindows h and in main outline and with cross-bars a for the same,completing a separate frame for each exposed numeral. Said dialplate 7is exposed to view in Fig. 1, and said dialframe 8 is exposed in Fig. 5.Said hanging back (Z, Figs. 3 and 4, is provided on its face with threefixed pivots 1, 2, and 3' and a pair of stop-lugs 1 and 5. Pivoted onsaid pivots, respectively, are a pair of bell-crank levers 0 and 2), thelonger legs of which depend at the lower edge of the register-casing,where they are adapted to have ringing-cords attached thereto in anyapproved way, and a third bell-crank lever q, crossing those first namedat their pivots and adapted to be operated by a stud 6 on the short armof the lefthand lever and by the short arm 7 of the right-hand lever 0,which engages with a stud 8 on the back of the third lever q. A spiralspring r, stretched from a stud 9 on the plate of the hanging-back (Z tothe left-hand extremity 10 of said third lever (1, holds the threelevers 0, p, and Q normally in the positions in which they are shown infull lines in Fig. 3, with the right-hand extremity 9 of said thirdlever (1 against the lower stop 1. Studs 11 and 12 on the first andsecond levers 0 and 7), respectively, provide for operating themalternately by the bar-shaped connections of another type of ringingdevice. Aslot 13 in said third lever q receives a stud-pin 1 1,protruding through a slot in said back plate u. of the register-casing,and a shutter projection 15 on said third lever I] closes said slot whenthe levers 0, 7), and (1 are at rest, so as to prevent tampering withthe register therethrough. hen either of said first and second levers 0or p is pulled by either form of ringing device, said third lever r isactuated with substantially uniform leverage. [ts actuation by theright-hand lever 0 is represented by dotted lines in Fig. 3. Themovement is limited by the second, 5, of said stop-lugs in contact withsaid right-hand extremity 9 of said third lever r Said stud-pin 1a iscarried by the main slide .9 of secondary actuating mechanism, (exposedto view in Fig. 5,) &c., which slide reciprocates between steps 16 and17 on the face of the back plate (I and is normally held against thelower stop 17 by a retracting-spring 1'. A ratchet-rack 18 at the inneredge of said main slide 5 interlocks with a pawl 19, as in Fig. 7, assoon as the slide is moved and prevents reversing the motion of theslide until the stroke is completed, when the rack 18 passes the pawl19, and the latter is reversed by its spring 20 and the main slide s isretracted by its spring 25.

A pair of notched lugs 21 and 22 on the main slide A couple it pivotallyto pawl-carriers a and 41. (See Figs. 15 and 19, inclusive.) Saidpawl-carriers u and 0 are fulcrumed, respectively, on the hubs ofratchet-wheels w and w, loose on the shafts y and of the permanentregister and trip register, respectively, and each in mesh with aspring-pressed working pawl a, pivoted to the correspondingpawl-carrier, and with a spring-pressed detent-pawl I), pivoted to theadjacent right hand side plate 0 of the register-works. Each of saidratchet-wheels w and :1: is in turn coupled by dowel-pins 23 to theadjoining units numeral-wheel f or g Said dowel-pins 23 attach the upperratchet-wheel w; to the units-wheel f of the permanent register-traindirect. In the trip-register train they attach the ratchet-wl'leel n; toa notched clutchwheel (5, which is loose on its shaft and is normallycoupled to said units-wheel by a tumbler 0, (shown detached by Fig. 28,)a stud-pin 241 on the latter being interlocked with the notchedperiphery of said clutchwheel by a spring 25, stretched from saidtumbler c to a stud 26 within the units-wheel g. The tumbler a isattached to the unitswheel 9 by a pivot 27, and a spring-presseddetent-pawl f, attached to the wheel by a pivot 28, interlocks with thenotched periphery of the clutch-Wheel (Z to limit the rotation of thenumeral-wheel in the resetting operation. From said units-wheels 7 and 1motion is transmitted successively to the tenswheels f and g and to thehundreds-wheels f and g and so on in the permanent register in a knownmanner, by suitable intermittent spur-gearing 29 30 31, and in the caseof the trip-register Wheels and 9 like clutchwheels (Z and tumblers (2.The inner ends of the hubs of said ratchet-wheels w and m have bearingsin said side plate 0 and thin outer ends have like hearings inabridge-plate by which the pawl-carriers it and e are kept in place onsaid hubs. A notched lug 32 on one of said pawl-carriers a couples thesame pivotall y to a stud-pin 33 on a slide /t, which carries saidactuation-indicators 7 and Zr, so as to cause the same to movesimultaneously with said units-wheels and to cover the new numbersthereon until they are in their proper positions behind the windows Aand 1:, when the in dicatorslide is retracted simultaneously with themain slide 5 by the same retracting-spring t. Stop-wheels v1 and 7",having teeth the reverse of those of said ratchetwh eels w and w andfast, respectively, on the outer sides of the unitswheel fof thepermanent register and the units clutch-Wheel d of the trip-register,interlock at the end of each actuating movement with the respectiveextremities of a stop-lever 70, so as to prevent overmovements bymomcntum. (Compare Figs. 11, 15, 16, and 25.) Said stop-lever in ispivoted to the inner side of said right-hand side plate 0, and astud-pin 34: projects therefrom through a slot in said side plate andinto a cam-slot 35 in a projection on said main slide Normally saidsteplever Z1 is out of touch with both stop-wheels. When the ringingdevice is pulled, the main slide 8 cams the stop-lever 7; into eliectiveposition, as in full lines in Fig. 25, and at the end of the movement atooth on each stopwheel 2' and 7" contacts with the stop-lever 71: as inFig. 25, and both numeral-wheels are simultaneously stopped with a newnumber properly exposed. A shoulder 36 on said main slide 8 contactswith a tappet-arm 37 ,fast on one end of a rock-shaft l, which extendsbetween the two sets of numeral-wheels and through the opposite sideplate m of the works. (Compare Figs. 15, 16, 20. 21, and 23.) Atorsional spring a, surrounding said rock-shaft l, tends to keep theextremity of said tappet-arm37 in the path of said shoulder 36. Theleft-hand end of said rock-shaft Z carries an L-shaped lever 38, thelateral arm of which extends inwardly through a slot in the adjacentside plate m and contacts With an arm of the hub 39 of the bell-hammer0, another arm of which is normally held against a stop-lug 4:0 by astriking-spring7). After said striking-spring p is put in ten siontoward the end of each registering movement said tappet-arm 37 (shown inFigs. 15 and 16) is tripped by said shoulder 38 on the main slide s andthe striking-spring p is permitted to throw the hammer 0 against thehell 1/, so as to attest the registration of a fare.

The shaft oi the trip-register numeralwheels r/ hereinafter termed theresetting-shaft, is movable end wise, and its righthand end, Figs. 15and 16, receives the screwthreaded shank of a resetting-knob 1', (showndetached by Fig. 10.) by which to pull and turn said resetting-shaft Anintermediate frame-plate .v, in connection with the side plate 0 firstnamed, holds said trip-register numeral-wheels r and their accessoriesalready named against displacement by said endwise movement of saidresetting-shaft .2 and forms, in eii'ect, the left-hand bearing of saidresetting-shaft. Said resetting-shaft is normally held in the positionin which it is shown in Figs. 1, 5, 8, and 11 by a spring t,

abutting against said intermediate frameplate .w and reacting against afork-lever a, which is coupled by its fork 11 to a collar 42 at the backor right-hand side of the bell q, the latter being carried by saidresettingshaft and fast thereon. in such normal position of saidresetting-shaft a notched collar 1; near its left-hand end isinterlocked with a stud w on the left-hand side plate m, as in Fig. 13,and it is thus locked against rotation until the knob r is lirst pulled.Next to unlocking said resetting-shaft .2 for rotation the effect ofeach pull of said knob r is to transmit motion by means of saidforklever a to a slide-lock 0/, which is pivotally coupled to the rearedge of said fork-lever 11/, and when so actuated interlocks with a lug413 on the main slide 8, as in Fig. 1 1, so as to prevent ringing thebell or registering fares during the resetting operation. (Compare Figs.9, 12, 14, and 27.) Said notched collar e on said resetting-shalt isprovided with peripheral ratchetteeth, which are meshed in bothpositions of the resetting-shaft by a detent-pawl H, Figs. 11 and 13,pivoted to said left-handframe-platem. The rotation of theresetting-shafts is thus confined in a familiar way to one direction,which is the reverse of the registering movement. This pawl and ratchetserves, moreover, to insure a complete rotation of the resetting-shaft.2 when it is once pulled and turned so as to disengage the notch ofsaid collar w from said lockingstud w on the left-hand frame-plate m.\Vhen so disengaged, said locking-stud w serves in connection with saidcollar 1) to lock the resetting-shaft .2 and the parts carried therebyinits endwise movement in their new planes of rotation. (Compare Figs.8,9, 11, and 13.) Another etlect of pulling said knob ITO 1" is to bringinto working position certain attachments of said resetting-shaft withreference to parts the positions of which are maintained by theframe-plates c, m, and .w for the resetting operation. Such attachmentsinclude a collar-supported stud et5 at the left-hand side of each of thetrip-register numeral-wheels g g, which is so moved into the plane ofthe notched end 46 of the tumbler e, pivoted to the web of thenumeralwheel to the right, as in Figs. 9 and 27, and normally retracted,as aforesaid. In such resetting position of said studs L5 when the knobr is turned, and therewith the resettingshaft under the control of itssaid pawl-andratchet device 0' and 4st, said studs as are turned intointerlocking contact with said notched ends 46 of said tumblers a as thelatter are successively or simultaneously reached, the notched end 46 isdrawn into eontaetwith the stud-supporting collar or shaft, as in Fig.27, the stud 24 on the tumbler being simultaneously disengaged from thenotched periphery of the adjoining clutch-wheel (.Z, and motion is thentransmitted by this means from the resetting-shaft to each of thetripregister numeral-wheels r g g" or such of them as may have beenmoved from zero during the preceding trip or half-trip, so as to turnthe same backward to zero for the next trip or half-trip. Simultaneouslywith such adjustment of said studs 45 for the resetting operation a cam47, carried by said resetting-shaft .2, is brought in like manner intothe plane of a lug 4.8 on a curved lever pivoted to said intermediateframe-plate s and retracted by a spring 49, stretched therefrom to aprojection on said fork-lever w as a convenient relatively fixed part. Alever-arm 50, projecting rigidly from a rockshaft .2, parallel with saidsetting-shaft .2, is constructed with a longitudinal slot, into whichprojects a stud-pin 51, carried by said curved lever Said rock-shaft inturn carries adjacent to the left-hand side of each of the trip-registernumeral-wheels g y a stop-arm 52, and each of said muneral-wheels g g gcarries a rigid -stop'lug 53 to contact with the extremity of thecorresponding stoparm 52 when the numeral-wheel 5/ or is reset to zero.A positive Zero-stop near the periphery of each trip-registernumeral-wheel is thus readily formed. The left-hand end of saidresetting-shaft forms or is provided with an elongated pinion 5 1, whichprojects through an opening in the left-hand frameplate 722/ and servesto actuate the directionindicator Z. (Compare Figs. 1, 5, 8, 9, 11, 20,21, and 24c.) Said pinion 54E meshes with and rotates a spur-wheel 55,having a bearing in said left-hand frame-plate m and provided with acrank-pin 56. The direetion-indicator Z is in shape, roughly speaking, asector of one end and the periphery of a hollow cylinit is pivoted tosaid left-hand side plate der.

m near the back plate a and is constructed with a central radial slot57, into which said crank-pin 56 projects and which converts therevolutions of said crank-pin 56 into backand-forth movements of theperipheral portion of the indicator Z, which portion is preferablyprovided with suitable words (.ln and Out) indicating alternatedirections 01 travel. A large slot 58 concentric with the peripheryaiiords a clear space through which the pinion 5% projects, and anotherslot 59 concentric therewith admits a screw 60, which forms asupplemental support lior the indicator and may stop the same at therespective limits oi its movement. The indicator is shown in Fig. 20 inthe same position as in Figs. 1, 5, 8, and 9 and in Fig. 21 in itsalternative position. It will be understood that a single movement ofthis indicator is pro duced by each complete rotation of theresetting-shaft .2, and a different trip or half-tri p is thus indicatedat the end of each resetting operation. At the beginning of eachrotation of the resetting-knob '2" and resettingshai t the not-setindicator in is moved into its e'liective position, Figs. 22 and 27,from its normal position oi rest, Figs. 5, 8, 9, 12, 25, and 2e. Motionfor this purpose is transmitted from the knob r and resetting-shaft asshown in Fig. 22, through said cam h, curved lever 1 and slottedlever-arm 50. A stud-pin 61 projects into the slot of this arm 50 from aradial portion oi the not-set indicator 1/), which radial portion ispivoted on said resetting-shaft The portion of the notset indie: tor mexposable to view extends across the peripheries of the tri 'i-registernumoral-wheels r as in Figs. 5, 8, and 9. Normally it extends across out01 line with the trip-register window i, as shown in said ligures and inFigs. 12, 25, and 26, being held in this position by saidretracting-spring as). (See Fig. 12.) \Yhen said cam 17 is turned incontact with said lug 48 on said curved lever 1/, it moves the latter,and therewith said slotted lever-arm 50, which in turn eoacting withsaid stud 61 on the not-set indicator /11. moves the latter by a quickand effective motion into the position in which it is shown in Figs. 22and 27, where its exposable surface, preferably red, is exposed to viewthrough the tripregister window i, and the numerals of the trip-registerwheels r are concealed thereby during the resetting operation. Thenotset indicator in remains in sight until the tripindicator is properlyadjusted for the new trip or half-trip, as aforesaid, and thetripregister is reset to zero. It then drops out of sight below thetrip-register window 7?.

it will be understood that the improved register may be made with moreor less numerous numeral-wheels and with other forms of carryingmechanism in place of the spurgearing 29 30 31, shown in the drawings,that one of the actuation-inclieators j and 7c IIC may beo'mitted, andthat features of the improved register may be used in otherfarcregisters without departing from the present invention, and otherlike modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention anddesire to patent under this specification 1. A fare-register having, incombination with primary actuating mechanism, secondary actuatingmechanism comprising a main slide reciprocated by said primary actuatingmechanism, an oscillating pawl-carrier coupled to said slide, aratchet-wheel forming by its hub a bearing for said pawl-carrier andconcentric therewith, spring-pressed pawls carried respectively by saidpawl-carrier and by a relatively fixed support, a frame-piece and abridge-piece attached to said framepiece tormmg bearings for said hub ofthe ratchet-wheel, and a units numeral-wheel to which said ratchet-wheelis coupled.

2. A fare-register having, in combination With permanent registernumeral-wheels and trip-register numeral-Wheels in parallel horizontalseries, a primary actuating mechanism and a secondary actuatingmechanism common to both, the latter receiving its motion from saidprimary mechanism and comprising a reciprocating main slide, a pair ofoscillating pawl-carriers coupled to said main slide, a pair ofratchet-wheels forming by their hubs bearings for the respectivepawlcarriers and concentric therewith, a pair of spring-pressed pawls inmeshwith each ratchet-Wheel carried respectively by the correspondingpawl-carrier and by a relatively fixed support, a frame-piece and abridgepiece attached to said frame-piece forming bearingsfor saidratchet-Wheel hubs, and coupling devices rendering the units-wheel ofeach of said series movable by the corresponding ratchet-Wheel.

3. A fare-register having, in combination with trip-registernumeral-wheels, actuating mechanism comprising a reciprocating mainslide and means for transmitting registering movements from said mainslide to the units numeral-wheel comprising a ratchet-wheel, aclutch-wheel concentric with said ratchetwheel and movable therewithhaving a notched periphery, a tumbler pivoted to said unitswheel andhaving a stud-pin normally interlocked with said notched periphery, anda spring within said units-wheel holding said tumbler in normalposition.

t. A fare-register having, in combination with an actuating-slide,registering mechanism comprising a numeral-Wheel, and a casing providedwith a window through which the indications of said numeral-wheel areexposed to view, an actuation-indicator carried by a slide parallel withsaid actuating-slide, and an oscillating part transmitting motion fromsaid actuating-slide to the units numeralwheel and transmittingsimultaneous movement to said indicator-carrying slide, whereby saidindicator is made to move in unison with the periphery of saidunits-wheel and interposed between the same and said casing during eachactuation;

5. A fare-register having, in combination with an actuating-slide,permanent registering mechanism, trip-registering mechanism, and acasing provided with windows through which the indications of saidregistering mechanisms are exposed to view,- said registering mechanismscomprising numeral-wheels, and said actuating mechanism comprising amain slide common to both trains of registering mechanism, a pair ofactuation-indicators carried by a slide parallel with said main slideand adapted to be interposed between the units numeral-wheels and thewindows of said casing, mechanism for transmitting motion from said mainslide to the respective registering mechanisms, and means forsimultaneousl y transn'iitting motion therefrom to saidindicator-carrying slide.

6. A fare register having, in combination with permanent registernumeral-wheels and trip-register numeral-wheels in parallel horizontalseries, actuating mechanism common to both comprising a reciprocatingmain slide, a slide parallel with said main slide carrying a pair ofactuation-indicators movable in front of the respective units1mmeral-wheels, mechanism for simultaneously actuating said unitswheelsand said indicators comprising a reciprocating main slide, a pair ofoscillating pawl-carriers coupled to said main slide and one of themcoupled to said indicator-carrying slide, a pair of ratchet-wheelsconcentric with the respective pawl-carriers, a pair of springpressedpawls in mesh with each ratchet-wheel carried respectively by thecorresponding pawl-carrier and by a relatively fixed support, andcoupling devices rendering each unitswheel movable by the correspondingratchetwheel.

7. A fare-register having, in combination with trip-registernumeral-wheels and a resettin g-shaft supporting said wheels and movableendwise relatively thereto, means for pulling and turning said shaft,means for transmitting rotation from said shaft to said wheels or tosuch of them as have been turned from ZGIO by actuations during a giventrip or half-trip, an oscillating trip-indicator, and improved means fortransmitting motion from said shaft to said trip-indicator, such meansconsisting of an elongated pinion carried by said shaft, a crank-wheelhaving peripheral teeth in mesh with said pinion, its wrist-pin workingin a slot in said trip-indicator, and an edge plate of theregister-works affording a bearing for said crank-wheel and to which theindicator is pivoted, the indicator having slots concentrie with itspivot to accommodate the parts extending therethrough.

8. A fare-register having, in combination with trip-registernumeral-wheels and an endwise-movable resetting-shaft supporting saidwheels, means for pulling and turning said shaft, means for locking thesame in its retracted position and for limiting its rotation to onedirection, means for transmitting rotation therefrom to saidnumeral-wheels or such of them as have been turned by actuations duringa given trip or half-trip, an oscillating not-set indicator movable infront of said numeral-wheels, and means for transmitting motion to saidindicator at the beginning of each resetting operation and holding thesame in its effective position until such resetting operation iscompleted, the same consisting of a suitable cam movable with saidshaft, a lever having a relatively fixed pivot and provided with a lugengaged by the periphery of said cam, and means for transmitting motionfrom said lever to said indicator.

9. A fare-register having, in combination with trip-registernumeral-wheels and an endwise-movable resetting-shaft supporting saidWheels, means for pulling and turning said shaft, means for locking thesame in its retracted position and for limiting its rotation to onedirection, means for transmitting r0- tation therefrom to saidnumeral-wheels or such of them as have been turned from zero byactuations during a given trip or half-trip, an oscillating not-setindicator pivoted on said shaft and movable in front of saidnumeralwhecls, and means for transmitting motion to said indicator atthe beginning of each resetting operation and holding the same in itseffective position until such resettingoperation is completed, the sameconsisting of a cam movable with said shaft, a lever having a relativelyfixed pivot and provided with a lug engaged by the periphery of saidcam, and a slotted lever the slotof \vhich embraces a stud on the leverfirst named and astud on said indicator in proximity to said shaft.

CHAS. E. (HERDING. WVitnesses:

JOHN H. BALDWIN, H. F. BALDWIN.

